Guess this is how I'm finding out, RIP to Shooter.
I suppose his legacy, at least at the Big 2, will be a bit mixed. He oversaw the biggest boom Marvel ever had, but a lot of the initially profitable decisions he made can be pointed to as the downfall of the company in the following decade. (Preferring comic shops over other distribution and the hyper-focus on big merchandising events with Secret Wars, for example). He sounded like a very demanding boss according to the folks who worked with him, which was good for deadlines, but bad for retaining talent in the long run. He was a writer himself, not a corporate raider who jumped aboard. However, while he seemed to provide an environment where a guy like Chris Claremont could thrive, his own creative impulses could be a little profit-driven. The pretty horrific Avengers #200 seemed to have been written on the notion that "It's got a romance, a baby, AND a wedding! I smell a hit!"
(In fairness to Shooter, he also called the story a heinous disaster back in 2011, and accepts all criticism).
On the other hand, ya know, I did love the initial Valiant Comics as a kid; Magnus, Robot Fighter in particular. I've no idea how those hold up though, I haven't read them since...okay this is an odd association, but I remember reading them the same summer we were watching the O.J. Simpson trial on TV.
